ROB WASSERMAN Duets ALTO AA 011 R.T.I. TEST PRESSING 180g German AUDIOPHILE

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ROB WASSERMAN Duets
Featuring Rickie Lee Jones, Lou Reed, Aaron Neville, Jennifer Warnes and Others.
Used Vinyl Audiophile Vinyl Record (Test Pressing)
Sleeve/Vinyl: EX/NM

Record Label: Alto AA 011

RTI Test Pressing. Alto Records 180 Gram, Virgin Vinyl version of the great Wasserman Duets experiment. On the TAS List of exceptional recordings.

Album is packaged in a generic white sleeve with the following information stamped in the upper right hand corner:

AA-011 A-B

These highly collectible test pressings are from the first stamper and sometimes less than 10 exist. Test pressings reflect the closest you can get to the lacquers and hence have a special collectible value.

Condition: White generic sleeve has Artist, title and Track info handwritten on the front. Back is blank. Vinyl appears new. I doubt it has ever been played before. Near Mint

Side 1
1. Stardust - With Aaron Neville
2. The Moon Is Made Of Gold - With Rickie Lee Jones
3. Brothers - With Bobby McFerrin
4. Duet
5. One For My Baby - With Lou Reed

Side 2
6. Ballad Of The Runaway Horse - With Jennifer Warnes
7. Gone With The Wind - With Dan Hicks
8. Angel Eyes - With Cheryl Bentyne
9. Over the Rainbow - With Stephane Grapelli

Review: This charming collection of duets features the bass of Rob Wasserman in a variety of different roles, from supportive to lead to orchestral. With the exception of Stephane Grappelli's violin, Lou Reed's guitar and Rickie Lee Jones' guitar and bells/percussion, every sound on this album is bass and voice, demonstrating that these two musical forces can be everything by themselves.

My favorites include the joyful Brothers (with Bobby McFerrin), the weighty One For My Baby And One More For The Road (with Lou Reed), the poignant Leonard Cohen song Ballad Of The Runaway Horse (with Jennifer Warnes) and the moving Over The Rainbow (with the violin of Grappelli), quite spectacular instrumental.

This is a successful experiment combining the human voice with the bass guitar and it delivers some very soulful sounds. It should appeal to fans of these featured artists and to everyone who loves the bass guitar. ~ Amazon